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Drillings have not, historicly been my favorite type of combination gun, in their usual configuration. That being with a double barrel shotgun, with a rifle barrel down the under and between the barrels. My favorite is a double rifle with a shot barrel down under, and between the RIFLE barrels! A perfect drilling for the world would be with a pair of S/S 375 H&H Flanged barrels regulated at 100 yds, with flip ups for 200 yds, and 300 yds, and QD Bases for a scope. Paired up with a shot barrel below chambered for 12 ga 3" mag, with screw-in chokes. NOW! That's a gun that would rarely leave my side! This would make a perfect firearm for following up wounded cats, and a very well designed "ONE GUN" set up for hunting anywhere in the world! thumb beer


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thats a doublerifle drilling, krieghoff has one in 20/76 /9,3x74 in the barrels. but it is the crafts shops that can make one in 375 flanged. that would be nice. john taylor writes in African rifles and cartridges about a stockbroker that had a hh light double in 375 flanged and it was great for him. A friend of me has a fine double in 375 flanged,and its a super rifle. he has almost just used it for his hunting for 2 seasons now.
 
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MacD37,

Couldn't agree more, that would be an awesome firearm! I had a double rifle drilling in 9x57R (slooooooow) with a claw mounted 2.75 Kahles scope over 16 guage in the finest looking action ever: back action hammer gun.

I'd still own it (I think...) if it was a 9x74R or 375 Flanged and if it was properly regulated. Mine was too much work/time with very expensive bullets to try to get it regulated, it was just never right and needed an owner with more $$ and time than me. The 16 guage shot barrel was paper thin and required shorter shells (more $).

Regardless, I took a cow elk, nice mulie buck and an antelope (Montana's double rifle drilling record??) and quite a few grouse with it, just not the right gun for long range.

I long for a drilling like you described...sometimes similar ones, though almost always in 9x74, show up on Puglisis or Bob Jones.
 
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I have also seen them called "Express Drilling" in European circles.


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Posts: 7046 | Location: Rambouillet, France | Registered: 25 June 2004Reply With Quote
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I have only ever seen the one as you described, but chambered for 9.3x74R in the rifle BBLs and 16g in the lower shotgun BBL. a very nice setup, but a tad on the heavy side at 8lbs, unscoped. it did however have an excellent set of Expess sights, and a flip up ivory bead foresight for low light work.
Very nice. But way out of my price range.


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